# does vs downs

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### does
*verb · IPA /dəz/ · frequency rank #177*
third-person singular simple present indicative of do

### downs
*noun · IPA /daʊnz/ · frequency rank #7,914*
plural of down

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/does-vs-downs